Another health care opponent's conflict of interest ignored on Fox

Earlier this afternoon, Fox News' Megyn Kelly hosted a "fair and balanced" debate that featured Chris Wilson, who was identified as a "GOP pollster and strategist." Wilson, predictably, did not have much good to say about health care reform or today's CBO score:

Wilson, though, doesn't just poll for the GOP. His firm, Wilson Research Strategies, boasts of their ability "to translate precise data into increased profit margins in every sphere of the health and pharmaceutical industries." In other words, Wilson boasts of his experience in polling for the very companies that will be affected by the health care bill he's criticizing.

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Matt Gertz is Deputy Research Director at Media Matters. A seven year veteran of the organization, he has written extensively on media coverage of gun violence, voting rights, GLBT issues, and elections, and on media ethics. He holds a B.A. in political science from Columbia University.